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Ky. Bill Increases Abortion Standards
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – New Kentucky abortion clinics would have to meet more strict medical standards before they could open under a bill that has cleared a state Senate committee.
The bill would require abortion clinics to get a certificate of need from state regulators and meet standards of an ambulatory surgery center. The bill would apply to abortion clinics licensed after July 1. The state legislature exempted abortion clinics from the requirements in 1998.
Derek Selznick with the ACLU of Kentucky said the bill is designed to shutter the state’s few freestanding abortion clinics. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration supports the bill, saying the state needs power to regulate the clinics to keep the procedures safe.
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a similar law in Texas.